United States v. Pepin

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

WEINSTEIN, Senior District Judge.

I. Introduction

The defendant, charged with a capital offense, moves to strike the government’s Notice of Intent to Seek the Death Penalty (“death notice”). The death notice is a formal advisement of the government’s intent to seek the defendant’s execution in the event of conviction. It specifies the aggravating factors it will seek to prove. See 21 U.S.C. § 848(h)(1)(B). It is the defendant’s contention that the government delayed in filing the death notice, in violation of the provision of the statute mandating service “a reasonable time…